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[PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v46 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a58277bb6c1..21ab81c6f7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3123,10 +3130,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3346,9 +3361,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 8/9] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 9c807f75d71..3acb2e1d2ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3287,9 +3303,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v48 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 52 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..781a471fc1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,16 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3304,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v45 7/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-03-25 19:35 Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Álvaro Herrera @ 2026-03-25 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 53 ++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index d25ab43da7b..7291b4180ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us
+	 * to error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +486,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +519,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1007,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3126,18 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
-	/* The same for indexes. */
 	for (int i = 0; i < nind; i++)
 	{
 		Relation	index = ind_refs[i];
@@ -3342,9 +3357,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..3d3ec0da111 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some process
+					 * running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That process
+					 * is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and it would
+					 * be inappropriate for any other process to cause that
+					 * to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+									   MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--qs77q6fpwolne4ds--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 820+ messages in thread

* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 820+ messages in thread

* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--qs77q6fpwolne4ds--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--qs77q6fpwolne4ds--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 820+ messages in thread

* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--qs77q6fpwolne4ds--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--qs77q6fpwolne4ds--





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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--qs77q6fpwolne4ds--





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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 5e97fcf3818..4dae0e8ebe0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





^ permalink  raw  reply  [nested|flat] 820+ messages in thread

* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
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* [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 8d9b2b2e370..92759f33969 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3369,9 +3388,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index b0898ce52d9..d1be6c60e88 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -494,11 +506,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1004,10 +1013,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3096,7 +3103,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3370,9 +3389,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 22822fc68d7..a43cfe53558 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index a514053b777..274ad900c65 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -276,6 +276,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -476,11 +491,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -512,10 +524,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -998,10 +1012,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3102,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3288,9 +3312,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
2.47.3


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 47 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 20dad22c4b7..a5f5df77291 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		 * to understand and we don't lose any functionality.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
+
+		/*
+		 * Also set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This makes the
+		 * deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to error
+		 * out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking the
+		 * relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+		 * that others can conflict with.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -489,11 +501,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -1002,10 +1011,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3090,7 +3097,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3364,9 +3383,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 3e1d1fad5f9..76c6bb44251 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index f057d143d1a..13c873969d1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index fb1418e2caa..ead18818c83 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK
@ 2026-04-01 15:35 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-01 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)

Any process waiting on REPACK to release its lock would actually cause
it to deadlock when it tries to upgrade its lock to AEL, losing all work
done to that point.  We avoid this by teaching the deadlock detector to
raise an error when this condition is detected.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c                 | 60 ++++++++++----
 src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c           | 15 ++++
 src/include/storage/proc.h                    |  6 +-
 src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile    |  1 +
 .../expected/repack_deadlock.out              | 63 ++++++++++++++
 src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build |  1 +
 .../specs/repack_deadlock.spec                | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
 create mode 100644 src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 03829892d57..d6e446d582d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ ExecRepack(ParseState *pstate, RepackStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* Determine the lock mode to use. */
 	lockmode = RepackLockLevel((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * If in concurrent mode, set the PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK flag.  This
+	 * makes the deadlock checker cause anyone that would conflict with us to
+	 * error out.  It's important to set this flag ahead of actually locking
+	 * the relation; it won't of course affect anyone until we do have a lock
+	 * that others can conflict with.
+	 */
+	if ((params.options & CLUOPT_CONCURRENT) != 0)
+	{
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If a single relation is specified, process it and we're done ... unless
 	 * the relation is a partitioned table, in which case we fall through.
@@ -479,11 +494,8 @@ RepackLockLevel(bool concurrent)
  * If indexOid is InvalidOid, the table will be rewritten in physical order
  * instead of index order.
  *
- * Note that, in the concurrent case, the function releases the lock at some
- * point, in order to get AccessExclusiveLock for the final steps (i.e. to
- * swap the relation files). To make things simpler, the caller should expect
- * OldHeap to be closed on return, regardless CLUOPT_CONCURRENT. (The
- * AccessExclusiveLock is kept till the end of the transaction.)
+ * On return, OldHeap is closed but locked with AccessExclusiveLock - the lock
+ * will be released at end of the transaction.
  *
  * 'cmd' indicates which command is being executed, to be used for error
  * messages.
@@ -515,10 +527,12 @@ cluster_rel(RepackCommand cmd, Relation OldHeap, Oid indexOid,
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we're not in a transaction block.
 		 *
-		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could deadlock
-		 * if there's an XID already assigned.  It would be possible to run in
-		 * a transaction block if we had no XID, but this restriction is
-		 * simpler for users to understand and we don't lose anything.
+		 * The reason is that repack_setup_logical_decoding() could wait
+		 * indefinitely for our XID to complete. (The deadlock detector would
+		 * not recognize it because we'd be waiting for ourselves, i.e. no
+		 * real lock conflict.) It would be possible to run in a transaction
+		 * block if we had no XID, but this restriction is simpler for users
+		 * to understand and we don't lose anything.
 		 */
 		PreventInTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)");
 
@@ -1001,10 +1015,8 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 		 * Note that the worker has to wait for all transactions with XID
 		 * already assigned to finish. If some of those transactions is
 		 * waiting for a lock conflicting with ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on our
-		 * table (e.g.  it runs CREATE INDEX), we can end up in a deadlock.
-		 * Not sure this risk is worth unlocking/locking the table (and its
-		 * clustering index) and checking again if it's still eligible for
-		 * REPACK CONCURRENTLY.
+		 * table (e.g. it runs CREATE INDEX), it should encounter ERROR in the
+		 * deadlock checking code.
 		 */
 		start_repack_decoding_worker(tableOid);
 
@@ -3093,7 +3105,19 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 		LockRelationOid(OldHeap->rd_rel->reltoastrelid, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap will stay.
+	 * Now that we have all access-exclusive locks on all relations, we no
+	 * longer want other processes to error out when trying to acquire a
+	 * conflicting lock.  Therefore, unset our flag.
+	 */
+	LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+	MyProc->statusFlags &= ~PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+	ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+	LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tuples and pages of the old heap will be gone, but the heap itself will
+	 * stay.  In order for predicate locks to continue to work, convert them
+	 * to relation-level locks.  We do this both for table and indexes.
 	 */
 	TransferPredicateLocksToHeapRelation(OldHeap);
 	foreach_ptr(RelationData, index, indexrels)
@@ -3366,9 +3390,11 @@ start_repack_decoding_worker(Oid relid)
 
 	/*
 	 * The decoding setup must be done before the caller can have XID assigned
-	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up in a deadlock,
-	 * waiting for the caller's transaction to end. Therefore wait here until
-	 * the worker indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
+	 * for any reason, otherwise the worker might end up waiting for the
+	 * caller's transaction to end. (Deadlock detector does not consider this
+	 * a conflict because the worker is in the same locking group as the
+	 * backend that launched it.) Therefore wait here until the worker
+	 * indicates that it has the logical decoding initialized.
 	 */
 	ConditionVariablePrepareToSleep(&shared->cv);
 	for (;;)
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
index b8962d875b6..c20ac682b0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
@@ -620,6 +620,21 @@ FindLockCycleRecurseMember(PGPROC *checkProc,
 						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IS_AUTOVACUUM)
 						blocking_autovacuum_proc = proc;
 
+					/*
+					 * Similarly, if we note that we're blocked by some
+					 * process running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), just fail.  That
+					 * process is going to upgrade its lock at some point, and
+					 * it would be inappropriate for any other process to
+					 * cause that to fail.
+					 */
+					if (checkProc == MyProc &&
+						proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_IN_USE),
+								errmsg("could not wait for concurrent REPACK"),
+								errdetail("Process %d waits for REPACK running on process %d",
+										  MyProc->pid, proc->pid));
+
 					/* We're done looking at this proclock */
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/include/storage/proc.h b/src/include/storage/proc.h
index 1dad125706e..8ad9718f3d6 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/proc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/proc.h
@@ -69,10 +69,12 @@ struct XidCache
 #define		PROC_AFFECTS_ALL_HORIZONS	0x20	/* this proc's xmin must be
 												 * included in vacuum horizons
 												 * in all databases */
+#define		PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK	0x40	/* REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 
-/* flags reset at EOXact */
+/* flags reset at EOXact.  A bit of a misnomer ... */
 #define		PROC_VACUUM_STATE_MASK \
-	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND)
+	(PROC_IN_VACUUM | PROC_IN_SAFE_IC | PROC_VACUUM_FOR_WRAPAROUND | \
+	 PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
 
 /*
  * Xmin-related flags. Make sure any flags that affect how the process' Xmin
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
index 2cd7d87c533..f7663859fe2 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ REGRESS_OPTS = --dlpath=$(top_builddir)/src/test/regress
 ISOLATION = basic \
 	    inplace \
 	    repack \
+	    repack_deadlock \
 	    repack_toast \
 	    syscache-update-pruned \
 	    heap_lock_update
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a86e4767536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/expected/repack_deadlock.out
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
+
+starting permutation: wait_before_lock add_column wakeup_before_lock check1
+injection_points_attach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: 
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: 
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+ <waiting ...>
+step add_column: <... completed>
+ERROR:  could not wait for concurrent REPACK
+step wakeup_before_lock: 
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+
+injection_points_wakeup
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
+step wait_before_lock: <... completed>
+step check1: 
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+
+count
+-----
+    1
+(1 row)
+
+i|j
+-+-
+1|1
+2|2
+3|3
+4|4
+(4 rows)
+
+count
+-----
+    4
+(1 row)
+
+injection_points_detach
+-----------------------
+                       
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
index a414abb924b..1cd88d6db65 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests += {
       'basic',
       'inplace',
       'repack',
+      'repack_deadlock',
       'repack_toast',
       'syscache-update-pruned',
       'heap_lock_update',
diff --git a/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d23a6588c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/modules/injection_points/specs/repack_deadlock.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Test REPACK with a concurrent transaction that would cause a deadlock
+setup
+{
+	CREATE EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	CREATE TABLE repack_deadlock(i int PRIMARY KEY, j int);
+	INSERT INTO repack_deadlock(i, j) VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4);
+
+	CREATE TABLE relfilenodes(node oid);
+
+	CREATE TABLE data_s1(i int, j int);
+	CREATE TABLE data_s2(i int, j int);
+}
+
+teardown
+{
+	DROP TABLE repack_deadlock;
+	DROP EXTENSION injection_points;
+
+	DROP TABLE relfilenodes;
+	DROP TABLE data_s1;
+	DROP TABLE data_s2;
+}
+
+session s1
+setup
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_set_local();
+	SELECT injection_points_attach('repack-concurrently-before-lock', 'wait');
+}
+# Perform the initial load and wait for s2 to do some data changes.
+step wait_before_lock
+{
+	REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) repack_deadlock USING INDEX repack_deadlock_pkey;
+}
+# Check the table from the perspective of s1.
+#
+# Besides the contents, we also check that relfilenode has changed.
+
+# Have each session write the contents into a table and use FULL JOIN to check
+# if the outputs are identical.
+step check1
+{
+	INSERT INTO relfilenodes(node)
+	SELECT relfilenode FROM pg_class WHERE relname='repack_deadlock';
+
+	SELECT count(DISTINCT node) FROM relfilenodes;
+
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock ORDER BY i, j;
+
+	INSERT INTO data_s1(i, j)
+	SELECT i, j FROM repack_deadlock;
+
+	SELECT count(*)
+	FROM data_s1 d1 FULL JOIN data_s2 d2 USING (i, j)
+	WHERE d1.i ISNULL OR d2.i ISNULL;
+}
+teardown
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_detach('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+session s2
+# Change the existing data. UPDATE changes both key and non-key columns. Also
+# update one row twice to test whether tuple version generated by this session
+# can be found.
+step add_column
+{
+	alter table repack_deadlock add column noise text;
+}
+
+step wakeup_before_lock
+{
+	SELECT injection_points_wakeup('repack-concurrently-before-lock');
+}
+
+# Test if data changes introduced while one session is performing REPACK
+# CONCURRENTLY find their way into the table.
+permutation
+	wait_before_lock
+	add_column
+	wakeup_before_lock
+	check1
-- 
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* [PATCH] Introduce an option to make logical replication database specific.
@ 2026-04-05 07:51 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 820+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-04-05 07:51 UTC (permalink / raw)

By default, the logical decoding assumes access to shared catalogs, so the
snapshot builder needs to consider cluster-wide XIDs during startup. That in
turn means that, if any transaction is already running (and has XID assigned),
the snapshot builder needs to wait for its completion, as it does not know if
that transaction performed catalog changes earlier.

Possible problem with this concept is that if REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) is running
in some database, backends running the same command in other databases get
stuck until the first one has committed. Thus only as single backend in the
cluster can run REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) at any time. Likewise, REPACK
(CONCURRENTLY) can block walsenders starting on behalf of subscriptions
throughout the cluster.

This patch adds a new option to logical replication output plugin, to declare
that it does not use shared catalogs (i.e. catalogs that can be changed by
transactions running in other databases in the cluster). In that case, no
snapshot the backend will use during the decoding needs to contain information
about transactions running in other databases. Thus the snapshot builder only
needs to wait for completion of transactions in the current database.

Currently we only use this option in the REPACK background worker. It could
possibly be used in the plugin for logical replication too, however that would
need thorough analysis of that plugin.

The patch bumps WAL version number, due to a new field in xl_running_xacts.
---
 contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.c       |  4 +-
 doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml           |  4 ++
 src/backend/access/index/genam.c            |  8 +++
 src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c   |  2 +
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c           |  2 +-
 src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c      |  2 +-
 src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c           |  2 +-
 src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c    |  8 ++-
 src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c   |  3 ++
 src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/replication/slot.c              |  2 +-
 src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c         | 23 ++++++++-
 src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c           | 14 +++++-
 src/include/access/genam.h                  |  7 +++
 src/include/access/xlog_internal.h          |  2 +-
 src/include/replication/output_plugin.h     |  1 +
 src/include/replication/snapbuild.h         |  3 +-
 src/include/storage/procarray.h             |  2 +-
 src/include/storage/standby.h               |  3 +-
 src/include/storage/standbydefs.h           |  1 +
 20 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.c b/contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.c
index dfab0b64cf5..d564bd2a00c 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_visibility/pg_visibility.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ GetStrictOldestNonRemovableTransactionId(Relation rel)
 	else if (rel == NULL || rel->rd_rel->relisshared)
 	{
 		/* Shared relation: take into account all running xids */
-		runningTransactions = GetRunningTransactionData();
+		runningTransactions = GetRunningTransactionData(InvalidOid);
 		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 		LWLockRelease(XidGenLock);
 		return runningTransactions->oldestRunningXid;
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ GetStrictOldestNonRemovableTransactionId(Relation rel)
 		 * Normal relation: take into account xids running within the current
 		 * database
 		 */
-		runningTransactions = GetRunningTransactionData();
+		runningTransactions = GetRunningTransactionData(InvalidOid);
 		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
 		LWLockRelease(XidGenLock);
 		return runningTransactions->oldestDatabaseRunningXid;
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
index 6dc49108997..28089d1053c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ typedef struct OutputPluginOptions
 {
     OutputPluginOutputType output_type;
     bool        receive_rewrites;
+    bool        need_shared_catalogs;
 } OutputPluginOptions;
 </programlisting>
       <literal>output_type</literal> has to either be set to
@@ -969,6 +970,9 @@ typedef struct OutputPluginOptions
       also be called for changes made by heap rewrites during certain DDL
       operations.  These are of interest to plugins that handle DDL
       replication, but they require special handling.
+      <literal>need_shared_catalogs</literal> can be set to false if you are
+      sure the plugin functions do not access shared system catalogs. It can
+      speed up creation of replication slots that use this plugin.
      </para>
 
      <para>
diff --git a/src/backend/access/index/genam.c b/src/backend/access/index/genam.c
index 1408989c568..44df2605068 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/index/genam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/index/genam.c
@@ -394,6 +394,14 @@ systable_beginscan(Relation heapRelation,
 	SysScanDesc sysscan;
 	Relation	irel;
 
+	/*
+	 * If this backend promised that it won't access shared catalogs during
+	 * logical decoding, this seems to be the right place to check.
+	 */
+	Assert(!HistoricSnapshotActive() ||
+		   accessSharedCatalogsInDecoding ||
+		   !heapRelation->rd_rel->relisshared);
+
 	if (indexOK &&
 		!IgnoreSystemIndexes &&
 		!ReindexIsProcessingIndex(indexId))
diff --git a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c
index 0a291354ae2..685d1bdb024 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ standby_desc_running_xacts(StringInfo buf, xl_running_xacts *xlrec)
 		for (i = 0; i < xlrec->subxcnt; i++)
 			appendStringInfo(buf, " %u", xlrec->xids[xlrec->xcnt + i]);
 	}
+
+	appendStringInfo(buf, "; dbid: %u", xlrec->dbid);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 9e8999bbb61..1a6c1456d2c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -7731,7 +7731,7 @@ CreateCheckPoint(int flags)
 	 * recovery we don't need to write running xact data.
 	 */
 	if (!shutdown && XLogStandbyInfoActive())
-		LogStandbySnapshot();
+		LogStandbySnapshot(InvalidOid);
 
 	START_CRIT_SECTION();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
index 65bbaeda59c..0f5979691e6 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogfuncs.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ pg_log_standby_snapshot(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("pg_log_standby_snapshot() can only be used if \"wal_level\" >= \"replica\"")));
 
-	recptr = LogStandbySnapshot();
+	recptr = LogStandbySnapshot(InvalidOid);
 
 	/*
 	 * As a convenience, return the WAL location of the last inserted record
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
index 1d8947774a9..a30de4262eb 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ BackgroundWriterMain(const void *startup_data, size_t startup_data_len)
 			if (now >= timeout &&
 				last_snapshot_lsn <= GetLastImportantRecPtr())
 			{
-				last_snapshot_lsn = LogStandbySnapshot();
+				last_snapshot_lsn = LogStandbySnapshot(InvalidOid);
 				last_snapshot_ts = now;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c
index 57aaef57c61..4299d0bc867 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c
@@ -381,7 +381,13 @@ standby_decode(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx, XLogRecordBuffer *buf)
 			{
 				xl_running_xacts *running = (xl_running_xacts *) XLogRecGetData(r);
 
-				SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(builder, buf->origptr, running);
+
+				/*
+				 * If the plugin does not access shared catalogs, only keep
+				 * track of transactions in the current database.
+				 */
+				SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(builder, buf->origptr, running,
+											 !ctx->options.need_shared_catalogs);
 
 				/*
 				 * Abort all transactions that we keep track of, that are
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
index f20d0c542f3..8ceaf64d164 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/logical.c
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ StartupDecodingContext(List *output_plugin_options,
 	ctx->write = do_write;
 	ctx->update_progress = update_progress;
 
+	/* Assume shared catalog access. The startup callback can change it. */
+	ctx->options.need_shared_catalogs = true;
+
 	ctx->output_plugin_options = output_plugin_options;
 
 	ctx->fast_forward = fast_forward;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
index b4269a3b102..8ef2326c66d 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "access/genam.h"
 #include "access/heapam_xlog.h"
 #include "access/transam.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
@@ -154,6 +155,14 @@
 static ResourceOwner SavedResourceOwnerDuringExport = NULL;
 static bool ExportInProgress = false;
 
+/*
+ * If a backend is going to do logical decoding and the output plugin does
+ * not need to access shared catalogs, setting this variable to false can make
+ * the decoding startup faster. In particular, the backend will not need to
+ * wait for completion of already running transactions in other databases.
+ */
+bool		accessSharedCatalogsInDecoding = true;
+
 /* ->committed and ->catchange manipulation */
 static void SnapBuildPurgeOlderTxn(SnapBuild *builder);
 
@@ -170,7 +179,8 @@ static inline bool SnapBuildXidHasCatalogChanges(SnapBuild *builder, Transaction
 												 uint32 xinfo);
 
 /* xlog reading helper functions for SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts */
-static bool SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *running);
+static bool SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn,
+								  xl_running_xacts *running, bool db_specific);
 static void SnapBuildWaitSnapshot(xl_running_xacts *running, TransactionId cutoff);
 
 /* serialization functions */
@@ -1136,7 +1146,8 @@ SnapBuildXidHasCatalogChanges(SnapBuild *builder, TransactionId xid,
  * anymore.
  */
 void
-SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *running)
+SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *running,
+							 bool db_specific)
 {
 	ReorderBufferTXN *txn;
 	TransactionId xmin;
@@ -1149,12 +1160,21 @@ SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xact
 	if (builder->state < SNAPBUILD_CONSISTENT)
 	{
 		/* returns false if there's no point in performing cleanup just yet */
-		if (!SnapBuildFindSnapshot(builder, lsn, running))
+		if (!SnapBuildFindSnapshot(builder, lsn, running, db_specific))
 			return;
 	}
 	else
 		SnapBuildSerialize(builder, lsn);
 
+	/*
+	 * If database specific transaction info was used during startup, the info
+	 * for the whole cluster can make xmin go backwards. The code below
+	 * probably does not expect that, let's wait with the cleanup for the next
+	 * record.
+	 */
+	if (!NormalTransactionIdFollows(running->oldestRunningXid, builder->xmin))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Update range of interesting xids based on the running xacts
 	 * information. We don't increase ->xmax using it, because once we are in
@@ -1238,7 +1258,8 @@ SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xact
  * using the xl_running_xacts record.
  */
 static bool
-SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *running)
+SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *running,
+					  bool db_specific)
 {
 	/* ---
 	 * Build catalog decoding snapshot incrementally using information about
@@ -1265,6 +1286,25 @@ SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *runn
 	 * ---
 	 */
 
+	if (db_specific)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * If we must only keep track of transactions running in the current
+		 * database, we need transaction info from exactly that database.
+		 */
+		if (running->dbid != MyDatabaseId)
+		{
+			LogStandbySnapshot(MyDatabaseId);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We'd better be able to check during scan if the plugin does not
+		 * lie.
+		 */
+		accessSharedCatalogsInDecoding = false;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * xl_running_xacts record is older than what we can use, we might not
 	 * have all necessary catalog rows anymore.
@@ -1465,7 +1505,11 @@ SnapBuildWaitSnapshot(xl_running_xacts *running, TransactionId cutoff)
 	 */
 	if (!RecoveryInProgress())
 	{
-		LogStandbySnapshot();
+		/*
+		 * If the last transaction info was about specific database, so needs
+		 * to be the next one - at least until we're in the CONSISTENT state.
+		 */
+		LogStandbySnapshot(running->dbid);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index a9092fc2382..9533515a63b 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ ReplicationSlotReserveWal(void)
 		XLogRecPtr	flushptr;
 
 		/* make sure we have enough information to start */
-		flushptr = LogStandbySnapshot();
+		flushptr = LogStandbySnapshot(InvalidOid);
 
 		/* and make sure it's fsynced to disk */
 		XLogFlush(flushptr);
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
index cc207cb56e3..92ed34128e5 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
@@ -2631,9 +2631,11 @@ ProcArrayInstallRestoredXmin(TransactionId xmin, PGPROC *proc)
  *
  * Note that if any transaction has overflowed its cached subtransactions
  * then there is no real need include any subtransactions.
+ *
+ * If 'dbid' is valid, only gather transactions running in that database.
  */
 RunningTransactions
-GetRunningTransactionData(void)
+GetRunningTransactionData(Oid dbid)
 {
 	/* result workspace */
 	static RunningTransactionsData CurrentRunningXactsData;
@@ -2708,6 +2710,18 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 		if (!TransactionIdIsValid(xid))
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * Filter by database OID if requested.
+		 */
+		if (OidIsValid(dbid))
+		{
+			int			pgprocno = arrayP->pgprocnos[index];
+			PGPROC	   *proc = &allProcs[pgprocno];
+
+			if (proc->databaseId != dbid)
+				continue;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Be careful not to exclude any xids before calculating the values of
 		 * oldestRunningXid and suboverflowed, since these are used to clean
@@ -2758,6 +2772,12 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 			PGPROC	   *proc = &allProcs[pgprocno];
 			int			nsubxids;
 
+			/*
+			 * Filter by database OID if requested.
+			 */
+			if (OidIsValid(dbid) && proc->databaseId != dbid)
+				continue;
+
 			/*
 			 * Save subtransaction XIDs. Other backends can't add or remove
 			 * entries while we're holding XidGenLock.
@@ -2791,6 +2811,7 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 	 * increases if slots do.
 	 */
 
+	CurrentRunningXacts->dbid = dbid;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->xcnt = count - subcount;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->subxcnt = subcount;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->subxid_status = suboverflowed ? SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS : SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY;
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
index de9092fdf5b..c653ea742bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,14 @@ standby_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 		xl_running_xacts *xlrec = (xl_running_xacts *) XLogRecGetData(record);
 		RunningTransactionsData running;
 
+		/*
+		 * Records issued for specific database are not suitable for physical
+		 * replication because that affects the whole cluster. In particular,
+		 * the list of XID is probably incomplete here.
+		 */
+		if (OidIsValid(xlrec->dbid))
+			return;
+
 		running.xcnt = xlrec->xcnt;
 		running.subxcnt = xlrec->subxcnt;
 		running.subxid_status = xlrec->subxid_overflow ? SUBXIDS_MISSING : SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY;
@@ -1277,11 +1285,12 @@ standby_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
  * as there's no independent knob to just enable logical decoding. For
  * details of how this is used, check snapbuild.c's introductory comment.
  *
+ * If 'dbid' is valid, only gather transactions running in that database.
  *
  * Returns the RecPtr of the last inserted record.
  */
 XLogRecPtr
-LogStandbySnapshot(void)
+LogStandbySnapshot(Oid dbid)
 {
 	XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 	RunningTransactions running;
@@ -1314,7 +1323,7 @@ LogStandbySnapshot(void)
 	 * Log details of all in-progress transactions. This should be the last
 	 * record we write, because standby will open up when it sees this.
 	 */
-	running = GetRunningTransactionData();
+	running = GetRunningTransactionData(dbid);
 
 	/*
 	 * GetRunningTransactionData() acquired ProcArrayLock, we must release it.
@@ -1358,6 +1367,7 @@ LogCurrentRunningXacts(RunningTransactions CurrRunningXacts)
 	xl_running_xacts xlrec;
 	XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 
+	xlrec.dbid = CurrRunningXacts->dbid;
 	xlrec.xcnt = CurrRunningXacts->xcnt;
 	xlrec.subxcnt = CurrRunningXacts->subxcnt;
 	xlrec.subxid_overflow = (CurrRunningXacts->subxid_status != SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY);
diff --git a/src/include/access/genam.h b/src/include/access/genam.h
index b69320a7fc8..c9a52277be1 100644
--- a/src/include/access/genam.h
+++ b/src/include/access/genam.h
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ typedef struct IndexOrderByDistance
 	bool		isnull;
 } IndexOrderByDistance;
 
+
+/*
+ * Keep track of whether logical decoding in this backend promised not to
+ * access shared catalogs, as a safety check.  Somewhat misplaced, but ...
+ */
+extern bool accessSharedCatalogsInDecoding;
+
 /*
  * generalized index_ interface routines (in indexam.c)
  */
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h b/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h
index 10c18d39ff8..13ae3ad4fbb 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 /*
  * Each page of XLOG file has a header like this:
  */
-#define XLOG_PAGE_MAGIC 0xD11E	/* can be used as WAL version indicator */
+#define XLOG_PAGE_MAGIC 0xD11F	/* can be used as WAL version indicator */
 
 typedef struct XLogPageHeaderData
 {
diff --git a/src/include/replication/output_plugin.h b/src/include/replication/output_plugin.h
index 842fcde67f9..917f3cff232 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/output_plugin.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/output_plugin.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef struct OutputPluginOptions
 {
 	OutputPluginOutputType output_type;
 	bool		receive_rewrites;
+	bool		need_shared_catalogs;
 } OutputPluginOptions;
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/include/replication/snapbuild.h b/src/include/replication/snapbuild.h
index ccded021433..f5f3edc63fd 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/snapbuild.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/snapbuild.h
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ extern void SnapBuildProcessNewCid(SnapBuild *builder, TransactionId xid,
 								   XLogRecPtr lsn,
 								   struct xl_heap_new_cid *xlrec);
 extern void SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn,
-										 struct xl_running_xacts *running);
+										 struct xl_running_xacts *running,
+										 boool db_specific);
 extern void SnapBuildSerializationPoint(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn);
 
 extern bool SnapBuildSnapshotExists(XLogRecPtr lsn);
diff --git a/src/include/storage/procarray.h b/src/include/storage/procarray.h
index abdf021e66e..377b3060b9f 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/procarray.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/procarray.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern bool ProcArrayInstallImportedXmin(TransactionId xmin,
 										 VirtualTransactionId *sourcevxid);
 extern bool ProcArrayInstallRestoredXmin(TransactionId xmin, PGPROC *proc);
 
-extern RunningTransactions GetRunningTransactionData(void);
+extern RunningTransactions GetRunningTransactionData(Oid dbid);
 
 extern bool TransactionIdIsInProgress(TransactionId xid);
 extern TransactionId GetOldestNonRemovableTransactionId(Relation rel);
diff --git a/src/include/storage/standby.h b/src/include/storage/standby.h
index 6a314c693cd..8715c08e94f 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/standby.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/standby.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 typedef struct RunningTransactionsData
 {
+	Oid			dbid;			/* only track xacts in this database */
 	int			xcnt;			/* # of xact ids in xids[] */
 	int			subxcnt;		/* # of subxact ids in xids[] */
 	subxids_array_status subxid_status;
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ typedef RunningTransactionsData *RunningTransactions;
 extern void LogAccessExclusiveLock(Oid dbOid, Oid relOid);
 extern void LogAccessExclusiveLockPrepare(void);
 
-extern XLogRecPtr LogStandbySnapshot(void);
+extern XLogRecPtr LogStandbySnapshot(Oid dbid);
 extern void LogStandbyInvalidations(int nmsgs, SharedInvalidationMessage *msgs,
 									bool relcacheInitFileInval);
 
diff --git a/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h b/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h
index 231d251fd51..e75b7078766 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef struct xl_standby_locks
  */
 typedef struct xl_running_xacts
 {
+	Oid			dbid;			/* only track xacts in this database */
 	int			xcnt;			/* # of xact ids in xids[] */
 	int			subxcnt;		/* # of subxact ids in xids[] */
 	bool		subxid_overflow;	/* snapshot overflowed, subxids missing */
-- 
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2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
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2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v56 3/3] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v49 5/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v53 6/7] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v54 4/5] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v52 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v50 6/8] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH 1/2] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-01 15:35 [PATCH v51 06/10] Error out any process that would block at REPACK Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
2026-04-05 07:51 [PATCH] Introduce an option to make logical replication database specific. Antonin Houska <[email protected]>

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